1. By: Alecia Fay

2. The first pictures that could be developed took almost 8 hours to develop and was made out of a chalky substance. THE FIRST PICTURES

3. In February 28, 1890 the first movie camera was made and was used to film a movie almost a year later after it was made and patented. FIRST VIDEO CAMERA

4. The first animation was made before any film in 1824. FIRST ANIMATION

5. The first movie was called “Horse in motion”. FIRST MOVIE

6. The battery stops charging when it is full, so leaving it connected will not provide additional charge. It is recommended to disconnect the video camera after the battery is fully charged to help preserve the battery's lifespan and performance. FACT 1

7. The lens is the `light path` of the camera that consists of a number of adjustments to allow the user to capture pictures and videos exactly as desired. These adjustments include parts like aperture (that allows one to control and adjust the light), the zoom function (that is used to adjust the field-view area covered by the lens), and the shutter speed (that helps capture any form of continuous motion). FACT 2

8. Camcorders operate on electricity and these days, most commonly they depend on rechargeable batteries. Therefore it is a must that you select your camcorder batteries well, and carefully, since they are going to be with you for a long time. FACT 3

9. Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson invented the first machine to record both images and sound. FACT 4

10. First photograph taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce by coating a pewter plate with bitumen and exposing the plate to light. First permanent photograph was made in 1826. FACT 5

11. 1942 – First analog CCTV cameras installed. German engineer Walter Bruch was responsible for the design and installation of the CCTV cameras. FACT 6

12. 1949 – First disposable cardboard camera built by Photo-Pac. FACT 7

13. 1957 – First self-contained amphibious underwater camera, the Calypso-Phot, built by Jean de Wouters for Jacques-Yves Cousteau. FACT 8

14. 1960’s – First digital camera signals used in cameras over analog by NASA. FACT 9

15. 1961 – First “film-less” digital camera concept is credited to Eugene F. Lally FACT 10

16. 1975 – First digital camera invented by Steven J. Sasson. FACT 11

17. 1996 – First IP camera was released in 1996 by Axis Communications FACT 12

18. Some of the main video camera companies include Sony, Panasonic and Canon. FACT 13

19. Camcorders dwell mainly of three components: the lens system system of the camera, the imager and the recorder. FACT 14

20. The lens is the `light path` of the photographic camera that dwells of a figure of accommodations to let the user to capture pictures and pictures exactly as desired. FACT 15

21. Camcorders come up with a assortment of features, some of the up-to-the- minute as well as the most popular improvers being the level liquid crystal display camcorder screens. FACT 16

22. Camcorders come up with assorted terms tags (starting word form just about a few hundred dollars to over a thousand dollars), depending on the characteristics on the device, the lucidity of sound and images provided, the company manufacturing it, etc. FACT 15

23. The first motion pictures were created by a camera made in 1895 by a Frenchman of the name Louis Lumiere. FACT 16

24. The first ever film production was in the 1800’s and it was filmed by Louis Le Prince. FACT 17

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